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ANNUAL MEETING, 



January 21st, Is&O. 



J. W. Dunning, M.A., F.L.S., Vice-President, in the chair. 



Mr. F. P. Pascoe, one of the Auditors, read an abstract of the 

 Treasurer's Accounts for 1879, showing a balance of about £2 in favour 

 of the Society. 



The Secretary read the following : — 



Report of the Council for 1879, 



In accordance with the Bye-Laws the Council presents the following 

 Report : — 



During the year 1879 the Society has lost seven members by death 

 and two by resignation ; nine Members and Subscribers have been elected, 

 thus leaving our total number exactly the same as last year. Among 

 the losses by death two have already been alluded to from the chair, 

 viz., Mr. William Wilson Saunders and Mr. Frederick Smith. The other 

 deaths are Mr. Thomas Chapman, Mr. John Dawson, Mr. Noah Greening, 

 Mr. Edward Pictet, and Mr. N. C. Tuely. 



The Council has once more the satisfaction of being able to announce 

 that the receipts for the year have been sufficient to balance the 

 expenditure, as will be seen from the following abstract of the Treasurer's 

 accounts : — 



Eeoeipts. Payments. 



Balance in hand - - - .£31 



Contributious of Members - 191 



Sale of Publications - - 90 



Interest on Consols - - - 8 



Donations - - - - 41 



^361 



Kent, Ofl5ce, and Meeting Ex- 

 penses - . . . ^£124 

 Pxiblications - . . . 217 

 Library - - - - - 18 



^359 



The 'Transactions' for the year (exclusive of the ' Proceedings'; form 

 a volume of 340 pages, containing twenty-five memoirs, and illustrated by 

 eleven woodcuts and eleven plates, of which three are coloured. The 

 expenses connected with Plate L, illustrating Messrs. Bates and D. G. 

 Rutherford's paper containing descriptions of new Goliath Beetles, have 

 been defrayed by Mr. F. J. Horniman. The cost of colouring Plate VJ 

 has also been defrayed by the author, Prof. Westwood. 



